Cryptocurrency Statistics

The rise of cryptocurrency explored with all the latest statistics.

The world of cryptocurrencies has exploded in the last few years, but how well do we know our digital currencies? We explored the latest statistics to see who is jumping on the cryptocurrency bandwagon.

Quick overview

97.15% of Brits haven’t bought cryptocurrency.

31.09% of Brits aren’t buying crypto because they believe its too high of a risk.

Of the 2.85% of Brits who have bought cryptocurrency, 78.95% have bought Bitcoin.

There’s a post every 3 seconds on social media about Bitcoin alone.

Bitcoin’s price rose over 2,000% from January 2017 to December 2017, from $953 to $20,089.

3 seconds

Every 3 seconds there is a post on social media about Bitcoin.

Who is buying cryptocurrency?

Finder conducted a survey of 2,000 Brits to find out who is buying cryptocurrency. 2.85% of Brits are buying cryptocurrencies in the UK, this amounts to over 1.1 million people who have invested – but who are they and what are they buying?

4.68% of millennials have invested.

2.77% of Gen X have bought into crypto.

While just 1.58% of baby boomers have jumped onto the crypto bandwagon.

Men are more likely to have bought crypto than women, sitting at 3.66% compared to 2.06% for women.

Of those who have holdings in cryptocurrency, 78.95% have bought bitcoin.

4.68%

Of millennials have jumped on the crypto bandwagon.

Market capitalisation

Market capitalisation is effectively a way of measuring the relative size of a cryptocurrency, it is calculated by multiplying the price of a coin and its circulating supply. So what are the top 10 cryptocurrencies?

Since March the top 10 has been shaken up, with EOS overtaking Litecoin to become the 5th biggest cryptocurrency by market capitlisation. Whilst TRON has also overtaken NEO, knocking it off the top 10 spot.

Rank

Name

Market Cap ($)

1

Bitcoin

$143,506,539,558

2

Ethereum

$70,468,882,041

3

Ripple

$28,416,763,540

4

Bitcoin Cash

$23,892,234,750

5

EOS

$12,007,090,578

6

Litecoin

$7,742,463,883

7

Cardano

$6,996,212,568

8

Stellar

$6,640,803,936

9

IOTA

$5,280,190,293

10

TRON

$4,756,060,601

Market capitalisation data accurate as of 14/05/18 from coinmarketcap.com

Best performing cryptocurrencies in 2017, ranked by percentage increase.

Best performing cryptocurrencies in 2017, ranked by percentage increase.

Cryptocurrency

Percentage rise

Ripple

36,018%

NEM

29,842%

Ardor

16,809%

Stellar

14,441%

Dash

9,265%

Ethereum

9,162%

Golem

8,434%

Binance Coin

8,061%

Litecoin

5,046%

OmiseGO

3,315%

Who is winning from the rise of cryptocurrency?

It is no secret that there is money to be made from cryptocurrency, but with such unpredictable price fluctuations, it’s a risky game. We explored Forbes’ latest rich list to find out who the biggest players in the game are.

To make the list, you need to have made $350 million from cyptocurrency.

Chris Larsen, the co-founder of ripple, tops the list with an estimated crypto net worth of $7.5 – $8 billion.

The average age on the crypto rich list is 42 – compared to 67 on the traditional Forbes’ rich list.

The richest people in cryptocurrency

Mainly populated by Cofounders and CEOs, the Forbes cryptocurrency rich list details those who have made their millions from crypto. Explore the table below to see who made the list.

Name

Age

Estimated Crypto Net Worth

How they made their money

Chris Larsen

57

$7.5 billion – $8 billion

Cofounder, Ripple

Joseph Lubin

53

$1 billion – $5 billion

Cofounder, Ethereum. Founder, Consensys

Changpeng Zhao

41

$1.1 billion – $2 billion

CEO, Binance

Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss

36

$900 million – $1.1 billion

Cofoudners, Winklevoss Capital

Matthew Mellon

54

$900 million – $1 billion

Individual Investor

Brian Armstrong

35

$900 million – $1 billion

CEO, Coinbase

Matthew Roszak

45

$900 million – $1 billion

Cofounder, Bloq. Founder, Tally Capital

Anthony Di Iorio

43

$750 million – $1 billion

Cofounder, Ethereum. Founder, Jaxx and Decentral

Brock Pierce

37

$700 million – $1 billion

Chairman, Bitcoin Foundation. Advisor, Block.one

Michael Novogratz

53

$700 million – $1 billion

CEO, Galaxy Digital

Brendan Blumer

31

$600 million – $700 million

CEO, Block.one

Dan Larimer

35

$600 million – $700 million

Chief Technology Officer, Block.one

Valery Vavilov

38

$500 million – $700 million

CEO, Bitfury

Charles Hoskinson

30

$500 million – $600 million

Cofounder, Ethereum, IOHK

Brad Garlinghouse

47

$400 million – $500 million

CEO, Ripple

Barry Silbert

41

$400 million – $500 million

CEO, Digital Currency Group

Vitalik Buterin

24

$400 million – $500 million

Creator of Ethereum

Tim Draper

59

$350 million – $500 million

Founder, Draper Associates

Song Chi-Hyung

38

$350 million – $500 million

CEO, Dunamu. Founder, Upbit

Who are the biggest losers from cryptocurrency?

The value of cryptocurrency, much like any investment, can go up as well as down. We explored who the biggest losers from cryptocurrency are, whether these are from big scams or massive missed opportunities, who has lost the most?

Rapper 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) accepted Bitcoin payments for his album back in 2014, recently claiming that he has forgotten about them and they were now worth millions. However, his record label had actually converted the currency into US dollars immediately, meaning the rapper missed out on the potential meteoric rise of Bitcoin in late 2017.

Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak recently announced he had been scammed out of 7 bitcoin – worth over $70,000 at its peak.

Lily Allen turned down an online-concert for “several hundred thousand bitcoin” back in 2009. If the offer was just for 100,000 Bitcoin, that would be worth an astounding £621,340,000 (May 2018).

Revolut, the UK-based challenger bank, is launching a new card aimed at wealthier millennials who do a lot of business travelling and want to take advantage of a whole host of attractive benefits. Read more…

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